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How to make Caps Lock change keyboard layout without delay?

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I use Caps Lock to change keyboard layout since the first year with Linux.

Now, somewhere in the last year some patch added something so now it waits for ~300ms before changing the layout. And if I hit any key before that time ends it doesn't work. AFAIU it's somehow related to using Meta/Win both as modifier and as key. Is that interval tweakable? I don't use it as a modifier at all.

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answered 1 Year ago skaing · Accepted Answer

cd /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols

sudo cp capslock capslock.bak

sudo sed -i 's#key <CAPS> {	[	ISO_Next_Group,	Caps_Lock	]	};#key <CAPS> {        repeat=no, [ ISO_Next_Group, Caps_Lock ] };#' capslock

Update:

You also have to release the Caps Lock before pressing another key.

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